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A security expert has  warned Australia will need to ask some hard questions about its relationship with the US if Washington intervenes in China-Taiwan relations.

President Joe Biden ordering the killing of al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri, the governments most wanted man, last weekend in a downtown Kabul drone strike almost one year after the United States withdrew from Afghanistan has restarted the debate over the 20-year wars end.

CSIS hosts UK national security adviser, Sir Stephen Lovegrove, as he advocates for a new set of principles for the future of arms control and resetting strategic stability for the new international order.

The comments by Russia's foreign minister -- that the Kremlin's territorial ambitions in Ukraine now go beyond the Donbas -- set off alarm bells in Western capitals. In fact, it may be just a rhetorical ploy, and simply more improvisation in a war that hasn't gone according to plan.

During the ongoing war, thousands and thousands of Ukrainian females have entered a number of European countries. While most of the people are showing | BLiTZ

Climate change is increasing the strain on Iraqi society and public services. Despite this, the country's political figures are overlooking the huge benefits that climate investment would bring.

New plans from the Pentagon show more funding directed towards high-altitude balloons for tracking hypersonic missiles and more.

While the old-style rubbles of the combat zones resulted from interminable bombings, guns, and warfare, recent developments have brought the United States to arrive at a reinvigorated discovery: Balloons.

The U.S. is investing in high-altitude inflatables that can reach heights of between 60,000 and 90,000 feet. They will track hypersonic weapons.

The Pentagon is quietly transitioning high-altitude balloon projects to the military services.